Worst PC game ever THAT YOU PAID FOR

There is a similar thread asking for worst pc game ever and, of course, the tried and true champ Big Rigs rightfully gets it's props. But, how many actually paid for and played this one?...

So, to make it personal. What is the worst game you paid for and why? (Why it's the worst, not why you paid for it. I'm sure all who have felt the pain of reality not meeting gaming expectations are still asking: why did I paid for a piece of digital c**p...)

Me? Breed. I was looking forward to team based, multi vehicle game play from this one, but what I got was a laughably (if I hadn't PAID for it) uninspired and generic game. Buggy team AI, random crashes, and ugly character and set design welcomed me to the world of Breed. My disappointment would not allow me to finish the first level... Now, this game sits ostracized from the rest of my collection, gathering dust and distain. Poor Breed... Poor, poor Breed.

all the ones i talked about in the other thread i paid something for - never heard of Big Rigs though - i almost feel like seeking it out just so i don't feel left out!

i picked up 'Breed' in a charity shop for £3, but couldn't even get it to worrk - looked it up on the net afterwards and found it wasn't even worth playing, so i threw it out

I haven't really had any regrets except for Oblivion. So I guess I'll have to say that's the worst game I paid for.GodLovesDead

You must be the god of picking video games if that is your worst.

When I was a kid, I asked my parents to buy me Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Technically not my money, but my family's but that game was TERRIBLE.

In terms in price vs. enjoyment, Oblivion is probably my worst PC game purchase (I paid full price and was totally disappointed).

It isn't the flat out worst game I've bought, but if a terrible game only costs me $2-5, then it doesn't bother me as much as when I spend $100 on a bad game.

[QUOTE="GodLovesDead"]I haven't really had any regrets except for Oblivion. So I guess I'll have to say that's the worst game I paid for.SpecNav

You must be the god of picking video games if that is your worst.

I always read reviews. But Oblivion was something I hyped during its early development so I was determined to buy the game (collectors edition and everything). But it only took me a a day or two of play before I realized the game was pretty awful and didn't meet any expectation I had set. But there isn't much I could do about that.

all the ones i talked about in the other thread i paid something for - never heard of Big Rigs though - i almost feel like seeking it out just so i don't feel left out!

i picked up 'Breed' in a charity shop for £3, but couldn't even get it to worrk - looked it up on the net afterwards and found it wasn't even worth playing, so i threw it out

jfsebastianII

I wish I could throw out my copy of Breed, but I paid full price for it. I feel Breed owes me about $30 worth of SOMETHING. I occasionally shake my finger angrily at the box and this gives me some satisfaction...

Check out the video review of Big Rigs on this site. My guess, this is all the Big Rigs you will need...

[QUOTE="jfsebastianII"]

all the ones i talked about in the other thread i paid something for - never heard of Big Rigs though - i almost feel like seeking it out just so i don't feel left out!

i picked up 'Breed' in a charity shop for £3, but couldn't even get it to worrk - looked it up on the net afterwards and found it wasn't even worth playing, so i threw it out

reghole

I wish I could throw out my copy of Breed, but I paid full price for it. I feel Breed owes me about $30 worth of SOMETHING. I occasionally shake my finger angrily at the box and this gives me some satisfaction...

Check out the video review of Big Rigs on this site. My guess, this is all the Big Rigs you will need...

I just took a look - you're right that's ENOUGH

bioshock and stalker ... i payed full price and totaly regretting itwaza000

Why? give details...

I haven't played Bioshock, but I thought Stalker was great overall. For me Stalker's atmosphere was incredibly immersive and well designed. This game was easy to fall into... but this was my experience. You list two (generally) highly reviewed games as your worst.

Now I'm curious as to why...

Gothic 3. it could have been great had they made it a little more stable.

Big Rigs (yes, I really bought it for like 2 dollars) _Pedro_

You own a copy? Really? Wow!

Now go get a copy of Plan 9 from Outer Space and Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music and you will have the Trinity of Craptacular media releases...

NFS ProStreet by far:

First action: install

Second Action: playing first race

Third action: uninstall

even tho it was a bargain bin purchase ($10), pool of radiance: ruins of myth drannor gets my vote. i think i uninstalled within an hour or two.

z

Tie between Battlefield 2 and Neverwinter Nights.

I hate buggy shooters and D&D RPGs.

I've never really bought bad games. These are PC forums, so console games don't count? Either Two Worlds or Titan Quest. Some people love TQ but I got bored after 4 hours.

Far Cry, Orange box and Enemy Territory are 3 purchases I wish i never made.

I haven't really had any regrets except for Oblivion. So I guess I'll have to say that's the worst game I paid for.GodLovesDead

Same.

Though I paid only $30 and plan on playing it again....

Fable

Fable

PickGlove243

Finally someone who agrees with me that it's not such a great game.

Clive Barkers Jericho : terribal game, its like your in a story and the gamply is all wrong

Oblivion was a great game! Bioshock even better

I rather not say what is the worst game for all time, instead I just narrow it down to the game I bought last year.

Command and Conquer 3 would be the worst game I paid for.

Clive Barkers Jericho : terribal game, its like your in a story and the gamply is all wrong

Spyder25000

I played Jericho until the very end and thought the storyline to be very interesting. Jericho gameplay style remind me alot like Painkiller.

Between Oblvion, Bioshock, Divine Divinity, and Neverwinter Nights I choose......

Oblivion.

At least the other games listed didn't require 30 hours of play before the skidmarks started to show on the fabric. Some people might chalk that up as a feather in Oblivion's cap, but I was suitably pissed that I'd convince myself to keep playing so that I could experience more content, always thinking that in the game's massive breadth something was bound to be interesting. By 30 hours spread over 2 characters I felt i'd seen it all, and every aspect and skill i'd explored and utilized, every dungeon type seen, and every guild dipped into was just another hollow experience to be tossed aside and forgotten. I ended up so uninterested in the game-world that I uninstalled and pawned my copy. I'd willingly played that long, like some brainless chippy that keeps going back to her abusive boyfriend for another black eye.

Oblivion's NPC's actually became repellant to me, with their soft blunted faces, dead eyes, and dopey smiles. Cyrodiil's the capital of the Empire and it seems as if its entirely populated with idiots. Hve you listened to these people talk to each other? The witless way they beam at you in the worst of circumstances? All NPC's are just fragments of code and polygon - but the hand of the designer gives them some semblance of style and life. Style and life were two things Oblivion completely lacked. The design decisions on display had an aggressive stupidity to them. And that impression became exponentially magnified over my 30 hour fair shake.

I didn't pay for it with money, but I did choose it over other options, so in a sense I did pay for it in that I could have had something good instead.

I'm in the Amazon Vine program (google it) and Sunage - a RTS for PC was on the list. I thought it couldn't be that bad, so I grabbed a copy.

Imagine Command and Conquer from 1995, released today, only without any of the user-friendliness. Imagine not being able to alter skirmish difficulty. Imagine having three campaigns, but having to play them in order. Imagine units stopping for half a second every time a new order is issued (I'm click-happy so this drives me nuts).

Sunage is by far the worst game I own. I may not have paid for it with money, but I sure as hell feel cheated out of my time.

I was pretty excited for Temple of Elemental Evil, since it was the first RPG to truly try and capture the pen and paper experience. It turned out to be a bug-filled turd.NerdMan

The Temple is actually pretty fun with the Circle of Eight fixes and mods....they add a lot of stupid baggage onto the thing in terms of quests, items and V.O. but its not like Troika had come up with some masterpiece that's getting defaced. The benefits outweigh the silliness.

BioShock.

Unfortunately, I bought into the hype.

Like I said in the other thread, toss up between Master of Orion III and Gods and Generals.bogaty

We do not speak of that horrible game that does not exist!!!!! Master of whom!?!?!?!?!?

Gothic 3. it could have been great had they made it a little more stable.

BOBBALOOUUUUUU

Definately, the game could be awesome, but it's unstable as hell, even though my system specs easily beat the recomended. I always get some stupid memory error, even though I've tried all the .ini fixes.